1 Essex Villas, Kensington And Chelsea, London, W8 7BP

1 Essex Villas is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Kensington And Chelsea, London, London (W8 7BP). It has a recorded floor area of 372 m² (around 4004 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

22 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 4 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 9.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £10,388,000 is 12.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,311/sq ft) was about 16.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 372 m² it's 15.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (321 m² median across 5 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £9,253,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.